I just looked at the date of my last post and realized it's been quite a while. There's been a lot of revelation going on, but I haven't really been in the mood to write - and I'm not sure I am now, but feel like I should keep this thing going.
Things have really been looking up. A few weeks ago, I went on a women's retreat that was phenomenal. It transformed how I view myself - as a child of the most High God - not just a bump on the log we call Earth. Significantly, it also made me start to recognize that as God's child, I am not someone He will abandon, forsake or ignore. He is my daddy and has PROMISED me good gifts, a hope and a future. My inheritance is nothing short of the kingdom of God. Such a huge shift from just a few months ago when I was feeling so abandoned and like God either wasn't there or didn't like me very much. Like I had done something wrong (or not enough of something right) and was being punished for it. I now know that the truth of God's word (and therefore His character) is that He loves His children.
Also, things have been turning around on the financial front. Monumentally, July will be the first month we'll be able to pay rent on our own since last September! It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a year since we took what was already a crazy adventure and decided to dive head first into much more uncertain waters. I remember thinking what a great testimony our story will be when we're on the other side of it, and even though we're not out of the ghetto yet, we've already got our testimony. John spoke in church last Sunday and shared a powerful word. He told our church family that he can now attest with absolute certainty that God keeps his promises.
Man, we've been through it, but it feels good to be in a place of certainty. Not of where we'll be even a month from now, but of a good God that loves us and has great things in store for us.
